Quarantined Monthly Guessing Thread
- DeprongMori
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Re: Boy. I know it has been a Janus Films title for some time, but for some reason it is no longer listed on their web site. I checked under “Boy”, “Shonen”, and “Oshima”. I could have sworn it was there some months back.
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I'm pretty sure it was streaming on Filmstruck.
- Big Ben
- Joined: Mon Feb 08, 2016 12:54 pm
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Someone talking about Oshima! Criterion has the rights to the Youth Trilogy Films, A Town of Love and Hope, Boy, The Man Who Left His Will on Film, Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, Dear Summer Sister and The Ceremony. Oshima was better known for his most transgressive films which is a shame because I've always felt his best films were not the best known ones. Boy is one of his best and is an exceptionally moving film. I cannot fathom why Criterion hasn't put it out yet. His best film for my money is The Ceremony which is sort of a perverse inversion of something Ozu would have made. Sort of like Imamura's The Profound Desire of the Gods but significantly smaller in scope. I am unsure about the rights to Taboo but I think that would make a good mid tier release. I don't think it's a masterpiece by any means but it's an important film as it dealt openly with gay relationships among samurai. It feels like almost like an apology at times, with shots that could have come straight from Mizoguchi (The film even refrences the book Ugetsu is based on.). Boy however remains the one I think that has the most marketing potential. It's an immensely moving film from a filmmaker who more often than not is overtly cynical.
You DO NOT however want to see Max, Mon Amour though which I can proudly state is one of the most bizarre misfires I've ever seen in my very short life. It's essentially a straight faced film about a woman falling in love with a chimp. Like without any surrealism.
- andyli
- Joined: Thu Sep 24, 2009 4:46 pm
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Speaking of Oshima, Carlotta has issued a box set back in 2015 with Boy, The Ceremony and Death by Hanging in Blu. Those are genuine HD masters so I figured Criterion would get them out sooner than later. Yet more three years have passed and we still have only Death by Hanging, so Criterion might be waiting on some further restoration work.
- Roscoe
- Joined: Fri Nov 14, 2014 3:40 pm
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THE CEREMONY isn't there either, and the titles in the Eclipse Box are missing too. Oh no. And yet they were all on the late FilmStruck.DeprongMori wrote: ↑Thu Dec 13, 2018 7:05 pmRe: Boy. I know it has been a Janus Films title for some time, but for some reason it is no longer listed on their web site. I checked under “Boy”, “Shonen”, and “Oshima”. I could have sworn it was there some months back.
- jwd5275
- Joined: Tue Jun 08, 2010 12:26 pm
- Location: SF, CA
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The films from the Eclipse set are on the Janus site. Just search 'Oshima' and you will find everything they have put out on physical media by him.
- Roscoe
- Joined: Fri Nov 14, 2014 3:40 pm
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So is the Janus site only devoted to films they put out on physical media, or is it the entirety of their holdings -- where's BOY and THE CEREMONY?
- The Fanciful Norwegian
- Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:24 pm
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I'm pretty sure the Janus site only lists films for which they can provide screening materials. That doesn't mean their other holdings can't be booked, just that the exhibitor would have to make other arrangements for a print/DCP/whatever. An Oshima series held here earlier this year consisted entirely of titles held by Janus but the prints were mostly obtained from elsewhere (including a 16mm copy of Night and Fog in Japan).
- Roscoe
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The Magic Flute is listed for March now.
- domino harvey
- Dot Com Dom
- Joined: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:42 pm
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Wow, this has to be the first time in years they've actually posted announcements early
- domino harvey
- Dot Com Dom
- Joined: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:42 pm
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Come and See
King Lear
Klute
Koker Trilogy
My Brilliant Career
Written on the Wind upgrade
King Lear
Klute
Koker Trilogy
My Brilliant Career
Written on the Wind upgrade
- FrauBlucher
- Joined: Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:28 pm
- Location: Greenwich Village
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The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
A Face in the Crowd
One Sings, and the other Doesn't
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Klute
A Face in the Crowd
One Sings, and the other Doesn't
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Klute
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One Sings, the Other Doesn't
My Brilliant Career
War and Peace
Until the End of the World
An Angel at My Table (upgrade)
Tunes of Glory (upgrade)
My Brilliant Career
War and Peace
Until the End of the World
An Angel at My Table (upgrade)
Tunes of Glory (upgrade)
- movielocke
- Joined: Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:44 am
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A face in the crowd
My brilliant career
Let the sunshine in
The heiress
An angel at my table
Diamonds in the New Years clue Czech new wave eclipse set
My brilliant career
Let the sunshine in
The heiress
An angel at my table
Diamonds in the New Years clue Czech new wave eclipse set
- dwk
- Joined: Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:10 pm
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Let the Sunshine In
16 Candles
King Lear
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Koker Trilogy
Park Row
16 Candles
King Lear
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Koker Trilogy
Park Row
- Buttery Jeb
- Just in it for the game.
- Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 10:55 pm
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A Face in the Crowd
Koker Trilogy
My Brilliant Career
Salesman reissue
Koker Trilogy
My Brilliant Career
Salesman reissue
- Omensetter
- Yes We Cannes
- Joined: Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:17 pm
- Location: Lawrence, KS, U.S.
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Let the Sunshine In
My Brilliant Career
Europa Europa
One Sings, the Other Doesn't
An Angel at My Table
My Brilliant Career
Europa Europa
One Sings, the Other Doesn't
An Angel at My Table
- andyli
- Joined: Thu Sep 24, 2009 4:46 pm
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Koker Trilogy
My Brilliant Career
A King in New York
Diamonds of the Night
Floating Weeds upgrade
My Brilliant Career
A King in New York
Diamonds of the Night
Floating Weeds upgrade
- criterionsnob
- Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 1:23 am
- Location: Canada
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The Koker Trilogy
Un beau soleil intérieur
Shirkers
Ratcatcher upgrade
An Angel at My Table upgrade
Un beau soleil intérieur
Shirkers
Ratcatcher upgrade
An Angel at My Table upgrade
- Boosmahn
- Joined: Mon Sep 04, 2017 10:08 pm
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I was wondering why everyone is guessing the New Year's Doodle clues, but noticed that all four April 2018 titles were hinted at in the drawing as well...
Diamonds of the Night (sooner rather than later due to that Second Run release)
An Angel at My Table upgrade
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Let the Sunshine In
Last we heard of Ratcatcher, didn't the director say she would work with Criterion on an upgrade but hadn't been contacted yet?
Diamonds of the Night (sooner rather than later due to that Second Run release)
An Angel at My Table upgrade
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Let the Sunshine In
Last we heard of Ratcatcher, didn't the director say she would work with Criterion on an upgrade but hadn't been contacted yet?
- Aunt Peg
- Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2012 5:30 am
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Missing
Star 80
A Face in the Crowd
Boy
Sixteen Candles
Star 80
A Face in the Crowd
Boy
Sixteen Candles
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Godzilla: the Shōwa period
A Face in the Crowd
Come and See
Columbus
A Face in the Crowd
Come and See
Columbus
- Malickite
- Joined: Wed Dec 28, 2016 5:47 pm
- Location: United States
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Let It Be
No Country for Old Men
Arsenic and Old Lace
It's a Wonderful Life
Mai Zetterling Eclipse Set
No Country for Old Men
Arsenic and Old Lace
It's a Wonderful Life
Mai Zetterling Eclipse Set
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A Face in the Crowd
Europa, Europa
Let the Sunshine In
Koker Trilogy
Z upgrade
Europa, Europa
Let the Sunshine In
Koker Trilogy
Z upgrade
- Clarence
- Joined: Fri Jun 24, 2016 1:18 am
- Location: Orlando, FL
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Come and See
Taste of Cherry
California Split
The Cranes Are Flying
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Taste of Cherry
California Split
The Cranes Are Flying
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off